Reclaiming the Narrative: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of “Antisemitism”

While anti-Jewish racism is a real phenomenon that must be confronted, but “antisemitism, as defined by Israel, is a smokescreen with the ultimate aim of distracting from the real conversation: the crimes of military occupation, racism, and apartheid in Palestine.

Ramzy Baroud
بواسطة Ramzy Baroud

At a talk I delivered in Northern England in March 2018, I proposed that the best response to falsified accusations of antisemitism, which are often lobbed against pro-Palestinian communities and intellectuals everywhere, is to draw even closer to the Palestinian narrative. In fact, my proposal was not meant to be a sentimental response in any

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Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn to Step Down After UK Election Catastrophe

Corbyn easily won his own seat, but many of his party members did not share the same fortune, as Labour’s heartlands were lost on a dark day for the British left.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Labour Jeremy Corbyn feature photo

After its worst electoral performance in decades, Jeremy Corbyn announced last night that he would be resigning his position as leader of the Labour. “I will not lead the party in any future general election campaign. I will discuss with our party to ensure there is a process now of reflection on this result and on the policies the party will take

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Labour’s Brexit Strategy Backfires as UK Votes to Leave EU at Any Cost

While Labour hemorrhaged votes across the board, it was in “leave” constituencies the party faired the worst, where their vote share decreased by over ten percent on average.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
UK Brexit Election Feature photo

The Conservative Party is celebrating a resounding victory in yesterday’s General Elections in the United Kingdom. With all but one of the 650 constituencies counted, the public has elected 364 Tory Members to Parliament, on a night that saw great losses for the Labour Party.  Prime Minister Boris Johnson declared the moment a “new dawn” for the

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Study Reveals How UK Intelligence Works with Media to Smear Jeremy Corbyn

New research from Matt Kennard has shown how the British intelligence establishment works with the UK media to smear Jeremy Corbyn.

Alan Macleod
بواسطة Alan Macleod
Jeremy Corbyn Feature photo

The United Kingdom goes to the polls December 12 in a pivotal vote that will decide the future of the country. Like in 2017, the Labour Party, under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn, is surging towards the ruling Conservative Party in the last weeks of campaigning. But he will not become Prime Minister if the UK’s security services have anything to

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UK Labour’s Annual Conference Reveals an Ongoing Struggle for the Party’s Soul

If Jeremy Corbyn and his real supporters come out of this process unscathed and are able to lead and govern, it will have an enormous impact on the people of Britain and is almost certain to change the rules of the game regarding Palestine.

Miko Peled
بواسطة Miko Peled
Jeremy Corbyn feature photo

BRIGHTON, UNITED KINGDOM -- Once again this lovely city sitting on the English Channel hosted the UK Labour Party Conference, and once again I had the good fortune to be there. Both heroes and villains were to be found in the saga that today makes up the UK Labour Party, and if there were an appropriate title to be given to these three days it

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How the Media Paved the Way for Corbyn Target Practice

No one in the political or media class cares much whether their constant trivialising of Corbyn’s political programme degrades British political life, or whether their smears could lead to political violence.

Jonathan Cook
بواسطة Jonathan Cook
Jeremy Corbyn | target practice

It is time to stop believing these infantile narratives the political and media establishment have crafted for us. Like the one in which they tell us they care deeply about the state of British political life, that they lie awake at night worrying about the threat posed by populism to our democratic institutions. How do they persuade us of the

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